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Wirtt’s Botanic GARDEN (DISCONTINUED) 
Established: 1708, by Christopher Witt at Germantown, now a 
suburb of Philadelphia. 
READING 
READING BOTANIC GARDEN 
In 1925 plans were initiated for a Botanic Garden to be operated 
in conjunction with the Reading Museum, Levi W. Menzel, D1- 
rector. The Museum is under the jurisdiction of the Board of 
Education. 
SELINGSGROVE 
BoTANIc GARDEN OF SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY 
Announcement was made by letter of Feb. 11, 1921, that a 
Botanic Garden was about to be established at Susquehanna 
University. 
SWARTHMORE 
ArTHuUR Hoyt Scorr HorricuLTuRAL FOUNDATION 
Swarthmore College 
Established: 1929. Area: 250 acres. 
Director: John C. Wister (1930- y 
Serves as a public park. Open free at all times. Source of 
income: Endowment, Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Founda- 
tion. Library: The botanical and horticultural books in the Col- 
lege Library. Herbarium: That of the Botanical Department of 
the College. Fruticetum, but shrubs not segregated. Plantations: 
Systematic and geographic. Publications: A preliminary report 
and occasional small pamphlets about flowering plants. Affiliation: 
The Garden is affiliated with Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, 
Pa 
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TYLER ARBORETUM (PAINTERS ARBORETUM) 
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